May 5, 2017

Meet the parents

Get Out (Jordan Peele, 2017). Are we seeing a new golden age of
smaller, more intelligent and still highly entertaining horror movies? It
Follows, The Witch, Under the Skin, Don’t Breathe, Under the Shadow and now
this, which may not be quite as impressive a horror as all the hype suggests – it could be gorier, I think, and the third act seems rushed – but it is based on an ingenious and absurdly topical idea and Peele parcels out the twists and surprises with a rare precision (it is a very good story). As noted elsewhere, it really owes more to Twilight
Zone-style social satire and speculation than slasher movie or walking dead conventions.